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SPESCOM LIMITED
(Registration number 1987/001083/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Share code: SPS ISIN: ZAE000017919
SPESCOM LIMITED (UK) AND BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC
LONDON, October 9, 2003: BT and Spescom have concluded an agreement in London
this week that allows BT to reduce its contractual volume commitment for NTelite
whilst reinforcing the relationship between the two companies under an
International Marketing Agreement.
This move will release operational funds that Spescom Limited (UK) will direct
in its efforts to internationally market this product range and to sustain a
development activity for new generation devices to allow Spescom to realise the
full potential of the technology.
The NTelite is an intelligent electronic network terminator, deployed in
customer premises, which proves whether the fault experienced by the customer is
in the network or in the customer"s home, resulting in operational savings for
network operators as well as improved customer service.
The demands of the Next Generation Networks (NGN) have confirmed the need for
intelligent line termination. Equipment at both ends of the network is changing
quickly to keep pace with fast changing technologies. The challenge which
network operators face is how to deploy intelligent line termination in a manner
that will avoid the proliferation of devices in the customers premises while
providing fast accurate testing for the entire spectrum of voice and data
services. The NTelite is key to solving this problem and Spescom has already
commenced development of a Next Generation intelligent line termination unit
capable of self-installation.
The Ntelite will form a major part of Spescom"s exhibit at the ITU Telecom World
2003 show being hosted in Geneva, Switzerland, later this month.
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About Spescom
Spescom is a multi-national technology innovator with direct operations in the
US, UK and South Africa.
The group is publicly listed on the JSE Securities Exchange SA (Spescom Ltd),
and on the NASDAQ OTCBB : ALTS.OB (Spescom Software Inc).
Spescom addresses the information and communications technology market providing
both products and solutions to connect to the network economy, as well as
enterprise software to manage information and knowledge.
Specifically, Spescom provides solutions in the areas of access network;
enterprise information management; multimedia transaction recording; broadcast;
customer contact centres; and test & measurement.
Spescom markets its products worldwide through appointed partners and
distributors under the eB( brand for its enterprise software, and the DataVoice(
brand for its multimedia transaction recording solutions.
Spescom"s global customer base consists of multi-national organisations
including leading enterprises in the utilities, telecommunications,
transportation, financial, banking and insurance sectors.
Worldwide, customers include Siemens, British Telecoms, Network Rail (formerly
Railtrack), Lloyds of London, Barclays Bank, Abbey National Bank, WH Smith,
Caterpillar, Bechtel, AmerenUE, Entergy, Bombardier, Ocean Energy, Sempra
Energy, Telkom, SABC, Old Mutual, Eskom, Transnet, First National Bank.
For more information on Spescom, please visit www.spescomsoftware.com and
www.spescom.com
For further information contact:
Simone Farah
Spescom Corporate Communications Officer
Tel: +27 11 266 1701
Fax: +27 11 266 1553
Mobile: +27 82 410 1236
E-mail: sfarah@za.spescom.com
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